Religion in the Arab Spring: Analyzing participation, motives, root causes
2014 Princeton study, published in in the Journal of Politics, examining empirical evidence relating to why people participated in the Arab Spring.
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The effects of prison education programs: Research findings
2014 metastudy from the RAND Corporation of correctional-education programs in the United States, summarizing their main achievements and the challenges they face.
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What’s new in digital and social media research, May 2014: Crowdsourcing, analytics, Twitter patterns, product ratings
May 2014 review of the latest papers and studies on topics ranging from crowdsourcing innovations to media ethical dilemmas over the use of Web analytics.
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The impact of future U.S. land-use change on urban areas, forests, habitat and biodiversity
A 2014 study in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences analyzing how five land-use scenarios affect future change in U.S. urban areas, forests, rangeland and more.
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Does transparency improve governance? Evidence from 16 experimental evaluations
2014 study in the Annual Review of Political Science establishing clear definitions around transparency initiatives and analyzing 16 leading studies on field experiments.
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Measuring the media agenda: How to research news coverage trends on topics
2014 study in Political Communication presenting recommendations for researchers studying news media agenda trends.
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Rates of homicide during the first episode of psychosis
2010 study from the University of Sydney and St. Vincent’s Hospital in Schizophrenic Bulletin on the link between homicidal behavior and early untreated schizophrenia.
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Gender, education and conflict in Sub-Saharan Africa: Research roundup
2014 roundup of academic and governmental research and statistics on girls’ education in Nigeria and other nations in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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How “overwork” helps explain the gender pay gap: Data analysis
2014 study in the American Sociological Review that demonstrates how a culture of overwork has perpetuated the U.S. gender wage gap.
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Respect for human rights has improved over time: Modeling the changing standard of accountability
2014 study published in American Political Science Review by Pennsylvania State University on how to accurately measure human rights abuses over time.
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